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Kannur district is politically organized on a complex web of taluks, blocks, panchayaths and villages. In addition to them, there are also parliamentary divisions called Assembly constituencies and Lok Sabha constituencies.
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History
Kannur District came into existence as an administrative unit on January 1, 1957, when the erstwhile Malabar District and Kasaragod taluk of Madras state were reconstituted into three revenue districts, viz; Kannur, Kozhikode and Palakkad. At the time of its formation, the district consisted of seven taluks, viz, Kasaragod, Hosdurg, Taliparamba, Kannur, Thalassery, North Wayanad and South Wayanad. Subsequently, the South Wayanad taluk was included in Kozhikode district with effect from 15 March 1957. Later, on first November 1980, Wayanad District was formed carving out South Wayanad and North Wayanad taluks. The two northernmost taluks of Kannur District, viz; Kasaragod and Hosdurg were separated on 24 May 1984 for the formation of Kasaragod District.A new taluk of Iritty was formed in 2014 dividing Thalassery and Thaliparamba taluks. Thus Kannur District now has four taluks, viz., Kannur, Taliparamba, Thalassery and Iritty. Thalassery is also known as Tellicherry.
There are nine development blocks comprising 82 panchayats. The development blocks are Kannur, Edakkad, Irikkur, Iritty, Kuthuparamba, Payyannur, Peravoor, Taliparamba and Thalassery.
There are One Municipal Corporation and 9 Municipalities in Kannur district. Kannur is the only one Corporation and the Municipalities are Thalassery, Taliparamba, Payyannur, Kuthuparamba, Mattannur, Anthoor, Panoor, Iritty, and Sreekandapuram.
The state legislative constituencies of the District are: Irikkur, Payyannur, Taliparamba, Kalliasseri, Azhikode, Kannur, Dharmadam, Thalassery, Mattannur, Kuthuparamba and Peravoor.
Parliament Constituency
Kannur is a Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala. Previously named as Cannanore, it was created in 1977.
Assembly Constituencies
Kannur Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:
- Taliparamba
- Azhicode
- Kannur
- Irikkur
- Dharmadam
- Mattannur
- Peravoor
Members of Parliament
Travancore-Cochin
Indian general election, 2014
Left Democratic Front (LDF) has fielded former minister P. K. Sreemathy as the candidate in the Lok Sabha Elections 2014. Sitting MP K. Sudhakaran will be the United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate.
Taluks of Kannur district
Kannur district is divided into four taluks, Thalassery, Kannur, Iritty and Thaliparamba. Thalassery has 48 villages, Kannur has 34 and Taliparamba has 47 villages.
Kannur Taluk
The taluk office of Kannur is located at South Bazar or Caltex junction in Kannur. The headquarters is in an old British building near to the modern civil station. Constituent villages Kannur Taluk has 34 villages.
Kannur taluk is an administrative division of Kannur district of Kerala, India.
Taliparmba Taluk
Taliparamba is the second largest Taluk in Kerala. Taliparamba is a municipality, with an area of 43.08 km2. It is divided into 44 wards. The headquarters of Taliparamba Taluk are located in Taliparamba. There are 47 villages in the Taluk. They are spread from the coast to the hills.
Villages in Taliparamba;
Taliparamba Taluk has 44 villages
Taliparamba is home to a number of temples, churches and mosques. Temples include the Rajarajeshwara Temple, Trichambaram Temple and Parassinikkadavu Temple. Taliparamba Juma Masjid and St. Mary's Church are other prominent religious centres in the town.
Thalassery taluk
Villages in Thalassery Taluk;
Thalassery Taluk has 35 villages.
Iritty Taluk
Iritty Taluk has 19 villages